Good piece on attitudes to #ActiveTravel in GM from @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social - broadly supportive contrary to impression given on social media. Our politicians should use this as a license to be bolder @walkridegm.org.uk

Exciting news from @walkridegm.org.uk - #BikeBus scheme starting in the south of the city. Hopefully spreading further north soon!

The #OldhamRoad scheme is precisely the sort of high-quality #ActiveTravel commuting route we need to be building. This should not be undermined by poor quality click-bait reporting @walkridegm.org.uk

A clarification that this article is incorrect The existing infrastructure built last year on Oldham Road will stay, including the CYCLOPS This scheme is building on that work to expand the cycle route into the city centre www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

#ActiveTravel really is #TheMiraclePill and we need to start treating it as a public health measure to address the inactivity pandemic as much as anything else. The NHS cannot afford us not to

The MCC #OldhamRoad scheme is out for consultation - this is exactly the kind of high-quality radial #ActiveTravel corridor the city region needs. Please can you all make supportive comments @walkridegm.org.uk

New episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social out looking at #15MinuteCities - well worth a listen (@iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social - welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social, by the way)

#Heywood Civic Centre looking good. These solid feeling bike stands are a nice touch, and there are Sheffield stands round the far side too.

#HopwoodTriangle delayed until after the Cadent works on Manchester Rd have finished

Really interesting video from GCN on #LivableNeighbourhoods and the resistance to implementing these

Response to Carrington Relief Road - @walkridegm.org.uk

The idea that short stretches of cycle lane that don't connect to anything are counterproductive is as true everywhere as it is in Northern Ireland. #ActiveTravel networks should start with a spine and build outwards to create a true network @cyclinguk.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

There is a 94% failure rate for #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods outside London. Why is this being allowed to happen? @walkridegm.org.uk

It’s all the more disappointing that the TfGM-funded #LowTrafficNeighbourhood schemes largely failed, after opposition (sometimes including antisocial behaviour) from a shouty minority @walkridegm.org.uk

Good words on #Rochdale traffic from Cllr Sheerin here - there is no solution that works other than people walking, cycling or using public transport more. Now we need Rochdale to build an ambitious #ActiveTravel network @walkridegm.org.uk

While reliance on the canal is sub-optimal, it is still #NCN66. #Oldham council is consultating on a link from the canal up into Chadderton which is potentially an important commuting route.

The Wheels4Me scheme helped him gain strength and discover what he was truly capable of. Read his story and find out how you can trial a cycle yourself at wheels4me.co.uk #InclusiveCycling #RecumbentTrike

After sustaining a stroke that affected his mobility, barrister Jon was looking for a tricycle to see if it could help in his rehabilitation with the end goal of being able to cycle to work as he once used to.

This - particularly with #ActiveTravel infrastructure it needs to be made clear that consultation =/= referendum and the idea of consultation is to identify potential improvements

Excellent piece on #LowTrafficNeighbourhoods in Oxford. "A survey carried out by YouGov on behalf of CoHSAT member group, Oxfordshire Liveable Streets, showed that 56% of respondents supported LTNs, while only 29% opposed them."

“it's an illustration really of a timidity based around not upsetting motorists and seeing motorists as a sort of a class of citizen of them on their own, of distinct and singular and great importance, rather than as part of a kind of community of users of road and pavement space.” #PavementParking

The best way of helping people do this is to build activity into every day life, and the best way of doing that is to invest in #ActiveTravel. We cannot afford not to do this #TheMiraclePill

Some positive interventions announced here, but without seeing the full #RoadSafetyStrategy it's hard to know if it goes far enough on ending #ExceptionalHardship, improving enforcement, and designing safety rather than speed into our road layouts #SaferStreets #RoadCrime

If you build it, they will come #ActiveTravel

York university study reveals £180 million potential savings from Bradford's #CleanAirZone - reduction in respiratory & cardiovascular primary care visits. Meanwhile in Greater Manchester…

London is getting #ActiveTravel right. But a lack of political will and backsliding means we’re not seeing the benefits of people being more active elsewhere in the UK

NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨This time, we're talking Outputs, not Outcomes and England's Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, with Xavier Brice of @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...

New episode of @podstreetsahead.bsky.social out, covering #CWIS3

Meanwhile the DfT responds to this with an underwhelming draft #CWIS3 We cannot afford *not* to invest in #ActiveTravel

IIRC they’ve taken the bus gate out of the #Heywood town centre regeneration scheme, so my question for TfGM is how this will actually deliver on bus prioritisation? @walkriderochdale.org.uk

It’s fine having a sign up saying “All cycles and scooters must be secured outside” but to what? #HeywoodLibrary

Just a reminder that the #CWIS3 consultation closes on Monday. If #ActiveTravel is important to you, please respond using the @cyclinguk.bsky.social guidance here @walkridegm.org.uk

Bus journey *time* down, obviously

Local Authority #ActiveTravel capacity ratings 2025 are out today. Good that @greatermcr.bsky.social has retained a Level 3 rating, but a combined rating gives the less engaged GM councils a cloak to hide behind - we need individual ratings for 2026 @ategov.bsky.social

Promising initial data from the #Oxford - city centre footfall up, city centre traffic and bus journeys down. Yet more evidence that if you want to make #PublicTransport work, it's not if you need a #CongestionCharge but when. We need this in Greater Manchester. @walkridegm.org.uk

More on #CIWS3 from @lauralaker.bsky.social

The #CWIS3 backlash continues - multiple organisations petitioning for clearer targets, strategy and funding, brining #ActiveTravel in line with driving & rail If you’ve not done so, respond to the consultation @cyclinguk.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.

Well done @rochdalecouncil.bsky.social! @triciaayr.bsky.social

@rochdalecouncil.bsky.social’s advancements over the year were rewarded with the Most Improved Council prize – acknowledging their commitment to continuing with the Castleton scheme for the greater good despite noises from a vocal minority of objectors.

Good interview between @LauraLaker.bsky.social and @ChristianWolmar.bsky.social about #CWIS3 @callingallstations.bsky.social The deadline for the consultation is 15 Dec - if #ActiveTravel is important to you, please respond ASAP using the @cyclinguk.bsky.social guidance @walkridegm.org.uk

The consultation on #CWIS3 is open until 15 Dec - this is massively disappointing and potentially represents a huge backward step for #ActiveTravel. Make sure you respond to day this isn’t good enough - advice how to respond from @cyclinguk.bsky.social here

Excellent work by Manchester City Council on this - these have apparently been very popular and there is already a long waiting list. It would be great to see some #BikeHangars in Rochdale - have we got any already? @triciaayr.bsky.social

Manchester next? @walkridegm.org.uk

The MP for Heywood & Middleton North has tabled an amendment (detailed here) to the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill to tighten PHV rules, to move to a ‘license where you operate’ model. Worth an email of support to your MP? #TaxiLicensing

So much of our infrastructure, planning, environmental, and road safety measures seem to be based around politicians' fear of slightly inconveniencing easily-angered motorists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and public transport users are barely considered in their calculations.

Consultation on statutory consultees for #Planning, increasing the threshold for consulting #ActiveTravel England & removing need to consult on commercial property This bakes in #CarDependence in a country where 1:4 households lack a vehicle, and many adults cannot drive @walkridegm.org.uk

More evidence that carrot and no stick does nothing to encourage #ModalShift. Greater Manchester’s politicians need to be braver and bring in the #CleanAirZone and #CongestionCharge the city so desperately needs

Good stuff from @chrisboardman.bsky.social in the latest @callingallstations.bsky.social about the transformative effect, particularly for women, of #BigBirminghamBikes - would be great to see a similar scheme in @Rochdalecouncil.bsky.social @triciaayr.bsky.social @walkrideGM.org.uk